Dodge County Clerk of Superior Court (Rhett Walker): the county’s recorder of military discharges under the statute, whose own services list prints no discharge line

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The Dodge County Clerk of Superior Court - Rhett Walker, first elected 2000, 643 Pearl Bates Ave., P.O. Box 4276, Eastman, GA 31023 (478-374-2871, fax 478-374-3035, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday to Friday) - is the county's recorder of military discharges under O.C.G.A. 15-6-72 and 15-6-78; the State's own Clerks Authority directory prints the office's services as "Passports" and its staff rows - Donna Barrentine (Real Estate), Sheila White (Civil) and Cambri Jones (Criminal) - with no discharge line, so the free recording and the 50-year closure rest on the State entries.

Also called: Clerk of Superior Court, Rhett Walker, Donna Barrentine, Sheila White, Cambri Jones, DD-214, discharge, military discharge, recording, 15-6-72, 15-6-78, 478-374-2871, 643 Pearl Bates Ave., P.O. Box 4276, Eastman, Eastman, Chester, Rhine.

For: Veteran or service member, survivor.

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Dodge County, GACounty

The office. The State's own Clerks Authority directory seats the office: "Rhett Walker, Clerk of Superior Court, Year Elected: 2000, Democrat Party; Dodge County Court, 643 Pearl Bates Ave., P.O. Box 4276, Eastman, GA 31023; 9:00am - 5:00pm, M-F; Phone: (478) 374-2871, Fax: (478) 374-3035; Courts Managed: Superior and Juvenile", and prints the office's services as "Passports" - no discharge line - with the office staff rows. The county's own services directory seats the same office: "Clerk Of Courts, 478-374-2871, 478-374-3035, Rhett Walker, 643 Pearl Bates Ave." The statute. Georgia's clerks of the superior court record discharges under O.C.G.A. 15-6-78 and keep them confidential for fifty years under 15-6-72, with free copies to the authorized list (the State entries carry the sections and the synopsis); a Dodge veteran records the DD-214 at the clerk's office at 643 Pearl Bates Avenue in Eastman and asks there for copies.

Thresholds

Thresholds for Dodge County Clerk of Superior Court (Rhett Walker): the county’s recorder of military discharges under the statute, whose own services list prints no discharge line
Gate	Rule
Any veteran with a discharge	The recording is free under O.C.G.A. 15-6-78 and the record is closed for fifty years under 15-6-72. No rating is needed.

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